A&W Root Beer Fridge Pack Cans, 355 mL, 12 Pack

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Root beer is a sweet North American soft drink traditionally made using the root bark of the sassafras tree Sassafras albidum or the vine of Smilax ornata (known as sarsaparilla, also used to make a soft drink, sarsaparilla) as the primary flavor.

It was credited to "Major Ursus", a play on the constellation name Ursa Major, which means "great bear". In 1966 Hungerford was sold to the United Fruit Company, which merged with AMK Corporation in 1970 to form the United Brands Company. Pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires was the first to successfully market a commercial brand of root beer. If you have any queries, or you'd like advice on any of our products, you are free to contact us at anytime.

Beyond its aromatic qualities, the medicinal benefits of sassafras were well known to both Native Americans and Europeans, and druggists began marketing root beer for its medicinal qualities. Although this beverage's popularity is greatest in North America, some brands are produced in or imported by other countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Argentina, Germany, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Sweden, Vietnam, [16] and Thailand.

Root beer can be made at home with processed extract obtained from a factory, [20] or it can also be made from herbs and roots that have not yet been processed.Ingredients in early and traditional root beers include allspice, birch bark, coriander, juniper, ginger, wintergreen, hops, burdock root, dandelion root, spikenard, pipsissewa, guaiacum chips, sarsaparilla, spicewood, wild cherry bark, yellow dock, prickly ash bark, sassafras root, vanilla beans, dog grass, molasses and licorice.